Russell Howard's Good News
A British comedy show offering Russell Howard's take on the week's news.
It was broadcast on BBC Three from 2009 to 2014 and on BBC Two from 2014 to 2015.[1] The show featured stand-up, sketches, humorous video clips, and guest appearances.[1] Comedian Russell Howard hosted this British television programme that blended comedy with commentary on current events.[1]
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Topical comedy stand-up, satire
- Creator
- Russell Howard
- Theme music
- Kasabian – "Fast Fuse" (instrumental)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Series
- 10
- Episodes
- 96
- Producer
- Mark Iddon
- Robyn O'Brien
- David Howarth
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
Producers included Mark Iddon, Robyn O'Brien, and David Howarth.[2] The first episode aired on BBC Three on Thursday 22nd October 2009 at 10:30pm.[3] Series 9 aired on BBC Two in late October 2014.[4] The tenth and final series began airing on 22 October 2015.[4]
On 29 November 2016, the BBC stated there were no immediate plans for another series.[5][6] Avalon Television, an independent production company, was responsible for creating the show.[2] Following the eighth series, Good News was announced on 9 June 2014 to be transferring from BBC Three to BBC Two.[4] On 15 November 2010, a compilation DVD called Best of Series 1 became available.[7]
24 September 2012 saw the release of a DVD compiling Best of Series 2.[8]
What the cited sources add
The British Comedy Guide lists that the show had 81 episodes across 10 series, plus 16 specials.[3] The show was filmed at multiple venues: Riverside Studios for series 1-7, Shepperton Studios for series 8, 229 The Venue for series 9, and The London Studios for series 10.[3] A BBC spokesperson confirmed that Howard would continue to make occasional appearances on their channels, for instance on Michael McIntyre's Big Show.[6]
References
- Wikipedia, "Russell Howard's Good News" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Guide, "Russell Howard's Good News - BBC2 Stand-Up", British Comedy Guide (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Russell Howard's Good News" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Taylor, "'Russell Howard's Good News' voted BBC Three's best ever show", Digital Spy, 9 February 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Guide, "Russell Howard's Good News - BBC2 Stand-Up", British Comedy Guide. facts only, no text reused. comedy.co.uk
- Wikipedia, "Russell Howard's Good News" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Russell Howard's Good News moves to BBC Two", BBC, 9 June 2014; "Good News Team on Twitter: Good news! Russell Howard's Good News is back and now on BBCTwo from Thursday 23 October at 10pm.", Twitter; "BBC Two - Russell Howard's Good News, Series 10, Episode 1", BBC (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Russell Howard's Good News" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Russell Howard to make new comedy show for Sky 1", British Comedy Guide, 29 November 2016 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Russell Howard to make new comedy show for Sky 1", British Comedy Guide, 29 November 2016. facts only, no text reused. comedy.co.uk
- Wikipedia, "Russell Howard's Good News" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Russell Howard's Good News – Best of Series 1", Amazon.co.uk (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Russell Howard's Good News" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Russell Howard's Good News – Best of Series 2", Amazon.co.uk (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Russell Howard's Good News (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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